SOUTHAMPTON-based Fairway Reprographics has acquired Cedar Colour Ltd, in a deal funded by the Salisbury office of Lloyds TSB Commercial and supported by Portswood Colour Press. The deal is a natural progression for Fairway Reprographics, which has been
A LOCAL housing group, is supporting a scheme designed to financially help people who live or work in Eastleigh, by helping to promote a unique way of saving and borrowing. Atlantic Housing Group, the parent company of Eastleigh Housing Association, has
SOUTHAMPTON has won the battle for supremacy in the booming British cruising industry with the docks forging ahead of rival ports now left floundering in the city's wake. The port is expected to maintain its premier position in 2001 as more ships and
WINCHESTER Muslims are launching a search for a site for a mosque after holding their first meeting. At the Winchester Muslim Cultural Association's meeting on Sunday, it was agreed to look for a permanent meeting place. That could mean finding land to
PUPILS from a Gosport school spent their weekend brightening up a hostel for the homeless. The youngsters from Bay House School joined volunteers, councillors and council staff to paint the walls at Barclay House hostel in Trinity Green. The pupils decided
A FUN Day has raised thousands of pounds to help a brave five-year-old Eastleigh youngster who is the victim of a debilitating and incurable illness. Little Emma Whayman suffers from the rare degenerative Batten disease which strikes between the ages
SHOP the thugs behind a suspected gang attack on a Southampton estate, is the call to the public today. Police turned to the local community for help in catching car thieves who deliberately rammed into a teenager on Millbrook estate, leaving him in hospital
KEITH HAMILTON looks through past editions of the Echo and reviews the issues which made the headlines 50 Years Ago A large police search was sparked when an eight-year-old Southampton boy and his six-year-old sister set off on their bikes for a day at
A HOSPICE for dying children opened by Prince Charles says an investigation into its affairs has cost it more than £100,000 in lost donations. Bosses for the charity for the £5 million Naomi House believe public generosity has been affected by the Charity
Portsmouth will be hoping to put an end to their wretched start to the season and to silence some of their critics tonight when they face Cambridge in the first round, first leg of the Worthington Cup. Despite a cash injection providing several new faces
Jay Cookson trod the green grass of home with great pride last week when he helped England beat Scotland 15-8 in the annual blind golf international. The Auld Enemies Cup was played at the Romsey Club in Nursling, just three junctions down the M27 from
A DEVASTATING car accident left him paralysed - but it hasn't stopped determined Pete Wells completing a sky dive to help others like him. The car mechanic was road testing a customer's car in 1998 when a crash left him with life threatening injuries.
SOUTHAMPTON is now a major world-wide centre for aircraft engineering and repair with the opening of one of the industry's most advanced facilities in the city. The arrival of Pratt and Whitney Canada's $30 million complex on a site next door to Southampton
SOUTHAMPTON Photonics, the fibre-optic components start-up, has appointed Dr Michael Durkin as principal engineer. He joins from the University of Southampton's Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC) where he was responsible for the development of metre-long
THE wacky races came to Hampshire at the weekend, when raft racers took to the water. Around 1,000 people gathered on the water's edge to cheer on entrants in the annual Great Waterside Raft Race. Organisers said the event, run by the Royal National Lifeboat
TRAFFIC and transport were on everyone's mind at Eastleigh carnival - but for all the right reasons. The 113th carnival parade took an optional theme - Transport Through the Ages - and there were plenty of entries eager to interpret the subject. The local
THE TITANIC watch at the centre of a Hampshire Crown Court scandal has been sold at last. The silver Benson pocket watch has been bought by an anonymous collector for £5,000 nearly a year after it came under the spotlight at Southampton Crown Court. Southampton
Glenn Hoddle has warned his Saints players to beware the Sky Blue backlash when they take on Coventry at The Dell tomorrow night. Gordon Strachan's side were stung by their convincing opening day home defeat by Middlesbrough and the Southampton boss knows
A FLEDGLING football team in Southampton's inner city could be forced to fold before they have even kicked-off. The under-12s side was formed just two months ago but already face an uncertain future with the new season beginning in just three weeks. Manager
A THOUSAND years of a village's history is set to come flooding back at Milford-on-Sea next month. A special pageant entitled A Village Tale will retrace the major events which have affected the village through the ages. It will run in the All Saints
Todays arrivals and sailings Today's principal Southampton arrivals: Dusseldorf Express, container, 0130, 207; Millennium, general, 0200, 109; Cap Finisterre, container, 0600, 204; Autofreighter, vehicle carrier, 0700, 105; Cast Salmon, container, 0800
A HAMPSHIRE student who loved the outdoors has died in a freak cliff climbing accident. Andrew Rose, 20, from Winchester, suffered fatal head injuries after a rock his best friend was climbing on suddenly gave way. He was hit by falling debris as he handled
THE Olympic flame is burning brightly again for Southampton's Iwan Thomas just seven days after his Sydney hopes were plunged into darkness. Yesterday's inclusion in Britain's 4x400 metres relay team ensures he will definitely make the trip Down Under
TEAM Solent's men are learning to walk tall among the elite of domestic track and field after finishing fifth from eight in the weekend's British Athletics League Gold Cup final. Although Stuart Fricker's side lasted just one season in the BAL Division
